BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.2//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:466@torat-el.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T130000 DTSTAMP:20260312T120050Z URL:https://www.torat-el.org/events/meet-the-author-david-denby-author-of- eminent-jews-an-in-person-event-only/ SUMMARY:Meet the Author - David Denby\, author of Eminent Jews (An In-Perso n Event Only) DESCRIPTION:Leonard Bernstein\, Mel Brooks\, Betty Friedan\, and Norman Mai ler. Brilliant\, brash\, yet soulful\, they were 100 percent Jewish and 10 0 percent American. They upended the restrained culture of their forebears and changed American life.\n\nThey worked in different fields\, and\, apa rt from clinking glasses at parties now and then\, they hardly knew one an other. But they shared a historical moment and a common temperament. For a ll four\, \; their Jewish heritage was electrified by American liberty . The results were explosive.\n\nAs prosperity for Jews increased and anti semitism began to fade after World War II\, these four creative giants sto rmed through the latter half of the twentieth century\, altering the way p eople around the world listened to music\, defined what was vulgar\, compr ehended the relations of men and women\, \; \; and understood the American soul. They were not saints\; they were turbulent and self-dissati sfied \; \; \; intellectuals who fearlessly wielded their own newly won freedom to charge up American culture.\n\nCelebratory yet candid \, at times fiercely critical\, David Denby presents these four figures as egotistical and generous—larger-than-life\, all of them\, yet vulnerabl e\, even heartbreaking\, in their ambition\, \; \; \; \; f erocity\, and pride.\n\nDavid Denby is The New York Times bestselling auth or of Great Books. His other books include \; \; \; \; Ame rican Sucker and Lit Up. He was a film critic for New York Magazine and Th e New Yorker\, where \; he is now a staff writer. His essays have appe ared in The New Republic and The Atlantic. He lives in New York City with his wife\, novelist Susan Rieger.\n\nBuy your copy of his book from Booksh op.org (to support independent bookstores) or amazon.com.\n\nPre-Paid $20 per person by March 20\, 12:00pm/ $25 at the door\n\nA lovely brunch will be served. \;Reservations below. \;\n\nThis ongoing series has bee n made possible by a grant from the B’nai Sholom/Beth El Foundation.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.torat-el.org/wp-content/uploads/2026 /01/MTA-Denby-website.png CATEGORIES:Congregation Torat El,Featured Events,Meet The Author LOCATION:Congregation Torat El\, 301 Monmouth Road\, Oakhurst\, NJ\, 07755\ , United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=301 Monmouth Road\, Oakhurs t\, NJ\, 07755\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Congregation Tor at El:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR